Philip Joper Escueta

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Philip Joper Escueta
Personal information
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Born (1993-08-23) August 23, 1993 (age 29)
Pila, Laguna, Philippines [1]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
HandednessRight [1]
Men's doubles
Highest ranking56 (23 September 2015 [1] )
Current ranking209 (6 September 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Singapore Men's doubles
BWF profile

Philip Joper Escueta (born August 23, 1993) is a Filipino badminton player. [2] Escueta and his partner in men's doubles, Ronel Estanislao, won a bronze medal in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. [3] Escueta currently coaches the Philippines national badminton team.

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Career

In his junior days, he played in the men's singles discipline and competed in a few BWF Superseries tournaments. In 2011, he competed in the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships.

Philip made his transition to playing men's doubles fully in 2012. He also represented the Philippines in the world mixed team tournament, also known as the Sudirman Cup.

In 2015, he competed in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore. He and his partner Ronel Estanislao unexpectedly beat home favourites Terry Hee and Hendra Wijaya in the first round. They would go onto beating Ngoun Kanora and Teav Yongvannak in the quarterfinals and guaranteed themselves a bronze medal. They lost the semifinal to world number 1 pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. This is his biggest career achievement to date.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore Flag of the Philippines.svg Ronel Estanislao Flag of Indonesia.svg Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Flag of Indonesia.svg Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
14–21, 12–21 Med 3.png Bronze

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Philip Joper ESCUETA Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. "Players: Philip Joper Escuaeta". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. "Badminton Semifinals: 15 June Highlights - 28th SEA Games Singapore 2015". seagames2015.com. 15 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.